Can Cerezo Osaka knock Consadole Sapporo in Yanmar Stadium Nagai clash?

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai (47000 seats)

Creeping up on the top teams is the target when these two mid-table teams fight it out. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league table position, Cerezo Osaka in 11th and Consadole Sapporo in 12th spot.

Insights:
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

6-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Cerezo Osaka so far this season.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jin-Hyeon Kim not having conceded a league goal in 203 minutes.

It's back home for Cerezo Osaka, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Consadole Sapporo away with the result 3-0. Naoyuki Fujita, Riki Matsuda and Yoshito Okubo found the net in that victory. Riki Harakawa (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.53/10. Harakawa signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Nabisco Cup match versus Gamba Osaka with a 4-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cerezo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cerezo Osaka as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Cerezo Osaka has won five of these, drawn three and lost four.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the AFC Champions League game versus Pohang Steelers in only four days. This game is also played here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai.

Cerezo Osaka has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Cerezo have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Consadole Sapporo form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Consadole Sapporo playing as the away team in the J-League this season. It's a growing despair in Consadole as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Consadole Sapporo have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 293 minutes ago. T. Ogashiwa was the goal scorer.

The manager M. Petrović was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium (Sapporo). Consadole suffered a 0-3 loss to Cerezo Osaka (placed 11th). Midfielder Lucas Fernandes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Fernandes hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times.

A 0-2 defeat away at Tokyo before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Consadole in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Consadole Sapporo, one draw and nine defeats.

The attacking power of Consadole when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Consadole have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Consadole Sapporo - Cerezo 0-3 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous head to head match, played this season. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Cerezo Osaka won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Consadole Sapporo managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Cerezo OsakaT. Sakamoto
T. Sakamoto
6 goals
Cerezo OsakaY. Ōkubo
Y. Ōkubo
6 goals
Cerezo OsakaM. Kato
M. Kato
5 goals

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Consadole Sapporo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 12 27
9 6 1 Won W 1 3 10
9 5 3 Drew D 1 4 6
9 3 1 Lost L 2 5 11
38 20 8 Scored S 4 10 33
35 18 8 Conceded C 5 16 39
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 89%
67% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 81%
48% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 52%
30% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 22%
22% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
59% 64% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 52%
30% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 22%
19% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 37%
 
5 5.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6.8 6.2
4.6 4.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.2 3.6
0.7 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.3 11.5 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 11.8 11.9
4.6 4.7 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.4
31% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 28%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 19 5 3 60 23 15 11 3 1 35 9 12 8 2 2 25 14 37 62
3 Vissel Kobe 27 13 9 5 41 26 13 6 4 3 19 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 15 48
4 Kashima Antlers 27 14 5 8 46 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 21 13 21 47
5 Sagan Tosu 27 13 8 6 36 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 27 14 5 8 28 21 13 7 2 4 12 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 47
7 Urawa Reds 27 13 6 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 13 4 3 6 11 13 3 45
8 Tokyo 27 12 6 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 6 5 5 17 17 1 42
9 Avispa Fukuoka 27 11 6 10 30 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 0 39
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 27 8 12 7 31 27 14 4 6 4 15 13 13 4 6 3 16 14 4 36
11 Cerezo Osaka 27 9 9 9 38 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 13 3 4 6 18 17 3 36
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 10 6 11 33 39 15 7 2 6 23 23 12 3 4 5 10 16 -6 36
13 Gamba Osaka 27 8 6 13 19 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 14 5 3 6 9 11 -8 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 27 9 3 15 28 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 13 4 2 7 11 15 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 5 11 11 28 31 14 2 8 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 5 11 11 26 39 13 2 5 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 16 18 -13 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 27 6 5 16 20 37 14 3 4 7 11 15 13 3 1 9 9 22 -17 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 27 3 10 14 19 44 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 1 5 7 10 26 -25 19
19 Yokohama 27 4 6 17 21 57 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 1 2 11 7 36 -36 18
20 Oita Trinita 27 4 5 18 18 47 14 3 5 6 10 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -29 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 19 5 3 60 23 15 11 3 1 35 9 12 8 2 2 25 14 37 62
3 Vissel Kobe 27 13 9 5 41 26 13 6 4 3 19 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 15 48
4 Kashima Antlers 27 14 5 8 46 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 21 13 21 47
5 Sagan Tosu 27 13 8 6 36 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 27 14 5 8 28 21 13 7 2 4 12 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 47
7 Urawa Reds 27 13 6 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 13 4 3 6 11 13 3 45
8 Tokyo 27 12 6 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 6 5 5 17 17 1 42
9 Avispa Fukuoka 27 11 6 10 30 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 0 39
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 27 8 12 7 31 27 14 4 6 4 15 13 13 4 6 3 16 14 4 36
11 Cerezo Osaka 27 9 9 9 38 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 13 3 4 6 18 17 3 36
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 10 6 11 33 39 15 7 2 6 23 23 12 3 4 5 10 16 -6 36
13 Gamba Osaka 27 8 6 13 19 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 14 5 3 6 9 11 -8 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 27 9 3 15 28 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 13 4 2 7 11 15 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 5 11 11 28 31 14 2 8 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 5 11 11 26 39 13 2 5 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 16 18 -13 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 27 6 5 16 20 37 14 3 4 7 11 15 13 3 1 9 9 22 -17 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 27 3 10 14 19 44 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 1 5 7 10 26 -25 19
19 Yokohama 27 4 6 17 21 57 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 1 2 11 7 36 -36 18
20 Oita Trinita 27 4 5 18 18 47 14 3 5 6 10 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -29 17

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